One hour before the State Opening of Parliament, something very unusual happens. The Prime Minister appears and demands an adjustment to the Queen's speech. The speech concerns aid to Africa. Even with all the pressure around the State Opening, Beatrix goes back in time, and remembers her banishment to Canada, the visit to the victims of the Flood disaster and the turbulence suffered by her parents at Palace Soestdijk during the Hofman case.
Carine CrutzenKoningin Beatrix
Jeroen WillemsPrins Claus
Gijs NaberPrins Willem-Alexander
Hadewych MinisPrinses Maxima
Marcel HensemaBalkenende
Eelco SmitsPrins FrisoBen AbelsmaVoorzitter CommissieNettie BlankenPrinses Wilhelmina
Hans CroisetPrins Bernhard (aged 90)
Alice ReijsGrootmeesteres
Eline ten CampMabel
Stefan de WalleSecretaris GeneraalGovert HartogPrins Bernhard (aged 38)
Dave MantelPrins Constatijn
Ariane van VlietPrinses Juliana (aged 40)
